Cook
5 days ago
The Cook at The Woodlands at Canterfield is responsible for preparing and serving nutritious meals, accommodating special dietary needs, and ensuring a high-quality dining experience for residents. The position includes menu planning, portion control, and maintaining a clean and safe kitchen environment. The ideal candidate will have at least 1 year of cooking experience and a ServSafe certification.
Overview:The Woodlands at Canterfield, a brand-new Assisted Living and Memory Support community located in West Dundee, Illinois is looking for a dynamic Cook to provide nutritious high quality food to support a truly great dining experience. This position is full-time.
Position Summary
In this role, you will be responsible for storing, cooking, and helping to serve nutritious high quality food and a superb dining experience to residents at the community.
Essential Functions, Key Duties, & Responsibilities
- Prepares food daily as outlined on the menus; altering or adapting recipes to accommodate special dietary needs of residents or to improve recipes.
- Ensures attractive presentation of food on the plate before serving.
- Coordinates and participates in serving food, including monitoring portion control to meet residents’ requests and minimize waste.
- Maintains an accurate record of chargeable meals (resident, guest and catered) and submits record to the office by the designated date each month.
- Assists with menu planning; reviews and adjusts menus with Dietary Manager to accommodate foods in season, vendor sale prices, special events and holidays.
- Assists in identifying food and supplies needed for the next week’s menus and reports to the Dietary Manager.
- Prepares meats for storage and portion control upon delivery; ensures proper handling, storage and labeling of all delivered foods and ingredients.
- Maintains a clean, orderly, safe and sanitary kitchen environment.
- Ensures compliance with any and all regulations.
- Assists in training other kitchen staff in food preparation.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and procedures and any updates.
Position Requirements
Education: High School Diploma/GED
Licenses/Certifications: ServSafe certification
Experience: 1+ years of cooking experience
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Keywords:
Cook, Culinary, Food Preparation, Assisted Living, Nutrition, Meal Planning, Kitchen Safety, Sanitation, Dietary Needs, Service
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